Verification-done on bionic with initramfs-tools 0.130ubuntu3.3: Verified that with the SRU applied, the initramfs configured to use MODULES=dep can still determine that the root is over ZFS, and accordingly add the files needed in the initramfs.
** Description changed: [Impact] - Ubuntu users who have installed on ZFS devices. + Ubuntu users who have installed on ZFS devices, and using MODULES=dep in initramfs.conf. [Test case] -- upgrade -- 1) install 16.04 using ZFS as rootfs. 2) upgrade to 18.04 -- initramfs update -- 1) install Ubuntu, using ZFS as a rootfs. - 2) run "sudo update-initramfs -u" + 2) change 'MODULES=most' to 'MODULES=dep' in /etc/initramfs-tools/initramfs.conf + 3) run "sudo update-initramfs -u" Without the patch, you should see a warning from mkinitramfs: mkinitramfs: failed to determine device for / mkinitramfs: workaround is MODULES=most, check: grep -r MODULES /etc/initramfs-tools/ With initramfs-tools patched, you should not see the warning, and instead have additional kernel modules added to the initramfs that are required to support the block devices that host the ZFS pools. [Regression Potential] This change is limited to behavior for ZFS filesystems. Likely regressions might include loading a kernel module that conflicts with another that is required at boot but not blacklisted, causing unexpected behavior on the system, or failure to find the necessary kernel modules or ZFS pools, possibly leading to an initramfs that does not contain the necessary modules yet has not shown a warning on screen to indicate that might be the issue. --- When upgrading packages with "apt upgrade" on Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS with root on ZFS I get this error: Setting up linux-image-4.4.0-59-generic (4.4.0-59.80) ... Running depmod. update-initramfs: deferring update (hook will be called later) Examining /etc/kernel/postinst.d. run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/apt-auto-removal 4.4.0-59-generic /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-59-generic run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools 4.4.0-59-generic /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-59-generic update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-4.4.0-59-generic run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/kdump-tools 4.4.0-59-generic /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-59-generic kdump-tools: Generating /var/lib/kdump/initrd.img-4.4.0-59-generic mkinitramfs: failed to determine device for / mkinitramfs: workaround is MODULES=most, check: grep -r MODULES /etc/initramfs-tools/ Error please report bug on initramfs-tools Include the output of 'mount' and 'cat /proc/mounts' update-initramfs: failed for with 1. run-parts: /etc/kernel/postinst.d/kdump-tools exited with return code 1 Failed to process /etc/kernel/postinst.d at /var/lib/dpkg/info/linux-image-4.4.0-59-generic.postinst line 1052. dpkg: error processing package linux-image-4.4.0-59-generic (--configure): subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2 version of initramfs-tools is 0.122ubuntu8.8 Output of mount is: sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime) proc on /proc type proc (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime) udev on /dev type devtmpfs (rw,nosuid,relatime,size=8066020k,nr_inodes=2016505,mode=755) devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,nosuid,noexec,relatime,gid=5,mode=620,ptmxmode=000) tmpfs on /run type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,noexec,relatime,size=1623576k,mode=755) rpool/ROOT/ubuntu on / type zfs (rw,relatime,xattr,noacl) securityfs on /sys/kernel/security type securityfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime) tmpfs on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev) tmpfs on /run/lock type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,size=5120k) tmpfs on /sys/fs/cgroup type tmpfs (ro,nosuid,nodev,noexec,mode=755) cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/systemd type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,xattr,release_agent=/lib/systemd/systemd-cgroups-agent,name=systemd) pstore on /sys/fs/pstore type pstore (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime) cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/freezer type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,freezer) cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/blkio type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,blkio) cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/net_cls,net_prio type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,net_cls,net_prio) cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/memory type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,memory) cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/hugetlb type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,hugetlb) cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/cpu,cpuacct type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,cpu,cpuacct) cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/pids type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,pids) cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/devices type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,devices) cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/perf_event type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,perf_event) cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/cpuset type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,cpuset) mqueue on /dev/mqueue type mqueue (rw,relatime) hugetlbfs on /dev/hugepages type hugetlbfs (rw,relatime) systemd-1 on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type autofs (rw,relatime,fd=31,pgrp=1,timeout=0,minproto=5,maxproto=5,direct) debugfs on /sys/kernel/debug type debugfs (rw,relatime) fusectl on /sys/fs/fuse/connections type fusectl (rw,relatime) rpool/home on /home type zfs (rw,nosuid,noatime,xattr,noacl) rpool/home/fredrik on /home/fredrik type zfs (rw,nosuid,noatime,xattr,noacl) rpool/home/root on /root type zfs (rw,nosuid,noatime,xattr,noacl) rpool/srv on /srv type zfs (rw,noatime,xattr,noacl) rpool/var/cache on /var/cache type zfs (rw,nosuid,noexec,noatime,xattr,noacl) rpool/var/log on /var/log type zfs (rw,nosuid,noexec,noatime,xattr,noacl) rpool/var/spool on /var/spool type zfs (rw,nosuid,noexec,noatime,xattr,noacl) rpool/var/tmp on /var/tmp type zfs (rw,nosuid,noatime,xattr,noacl) tmpfs on /run/user/1000 type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,size=1623576k,mode=700,uid=1000,gid=1000) binfmt_misc on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type binfmt_misc (rw,relatime) tracefs on /sys/kernel/debug/tracing type tracefs (rw,relatime) cat /proc/mounts sysfs /sys sysfs rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime 0 0 proc /proc proc rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime 0 0 udev /dev devtmpfs rw,nosuid,relatime,size=8066020k,nr_inodes=2016505,mode=755 0 0 devpts /dev/pts devpts rw,nosuid,noexec,relatime,gid=5,mode=620,ptmxmode=000 0 0 tmpfs /run tmpfs rw,nosuid,noexec,relatime,size=1623576k,mode=755 0 0 rpool/ROOT/ubuntu / zfs rw,relatime,xattr,noacl 0 0 securityfs /sys/kernel/security securityfs rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime 0 0 tmpfs /dev/shm tmpfs rw,nosuid,nodev 0 0 tmpfs /run/lock tmpfs rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,size=5120k 0 0 tmpfs /sys/fs/cgroup tmpfs ro,nosuid,nodev,noexec,mode=755 0 0 cgroup /sys/fs/cgroup/systemd cgroup rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,xattr,release_agent=/lib/systemd/systemd-cgroups-agent,name=systemd 0 0 pstore /sys/fs/pstore pstore rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime 0 0 cgroup /sys/fs/cgroup/freezer cgroup rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,freezer 0 0 cgroup /sys/fs/cgroup/blkio cgroup rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,blkio 0 0 cgroup /sys/fs/cgroup/net_cls,net_prio cgroup rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,net_cls,net_prio 0 0 cgroup /sys/fs/cgroup/memory cgroup rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,memory 0 0 cgroup /sys/fs/cgroup/hugetlb cgroup rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,hugetlb 0 0 cgroup /sys/fs/cgroup/cpu,cpuacct cgroup rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,cpu,cpuacct 0 0 cgroup /sys/fs/cgroup/pids cgroup rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,pids 0 0 cgroup /sys/fs/cgroup/devices cgroup rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,devices 0 0 cgroup /sys/fs/cgroup/perf_event cgroup rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,perf_event 0 0 cgroup /sys/fs/cgroup/cpuset cgroup rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,cpuset 0 0 mqueue /dev/mqueue mqueue rw,relatime 0 0 hugetlbfs /dev/hugepages hugetlbfs rw,relatime 0 0 systemd-1 /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc autofs rw,relatime,fd=31,pgrp=1,timeout=0,minproto=5,maxproto=5,direct 0 0 debugfs /sys/kernel/debug debugfs rw,relatime 0 0 fusectl /sys/fs/fuse/connections fusectl rw,relatime 0 0 rpool/home /home zfs rw,nosuid,noatime,xattr,noacl 0 0 rpool/home/fredrik /home/fredrik zfs rw,nosuid,noatime,xattr,noacl 0 0 rpool/home/root /root zfs rw,nosuid,noatime,xattr,noacl 0 0 rpool/srv /srv zfs rw,noatime,xattr,noacl 0 0 rpool/var/cache /var/cache zfs rw,nosuid,noexec,noatime,xattr,noacl 0 0 rpool/var/log /var/log zfs rw,nosuid,noexec,noatime,xattr,noacl 0 0 rpool/var/spool /var/spool zfs rw,nosuid,noexec,noatime,xattr,noacl 0 0 rpool/var/tmp /var/tmp zfs rw,nosuid,noatime,xattr,noacl 0 0 tmpfs /run/user/1000 tmpfs rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,size=1623576k,mode=700,uid=1000,gid=1000 0 0 binfmt_misc /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc binfmt_misc rw,relatime 0 0 tracefs /sys/kernel/debug/tracing tracefs rw,relatime 0 0 ** Tags removed: verification-needed verification-needed-bionic ** Tags added: verification-done-bionic -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1661629 Title: upgrade of kernel fails with mkinitramfs: failed to determine device for / To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/initramfs-tools/+bug/1661629/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
